Penny Hardaway had the only Lil’ Penny puppet he ever owned stolen soon after the Phoenix Suns traded him to the New York Knicks in 2004. “I had my business manager and my secretary ship ...

This victory by the Magic wouldn’t have been any more improbable Tuesday night had Penny Hardaway played with that annoying puppet in his pocket. Come to think of it, maybe he did.After being ...

In the mid-1990s one figure stood above everyone else on the Orlando Magic. And he was a 4-foot tall puppet. Lil' Penny is one of the iconic ads.The NBA figured out how to do star endorsements and ...

Hardaway had appeared in the 1994 movie Blue Chips before the first Lil Penny spot dropped, but there was still some uncertainty around how the burgeoning superstar would play off a lifeless puppet.

We're not prone to making blanket statements about puppets, but let’s get saucy: Every single one of the Lil Penny commercials kills. Every. Single. One. To research this story, we watched, like ...

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The Nike Lil’ Penny ads, featuring a miniature Hardaway puppet voiced by Chris Rock, were a sensation. [RELATED: The 25 Best Basketball Commercials Of All Time ] ...

Injuries kept Penny Hardaway from reaching his full NBA potential, but he's still an icon, ... Featuring a swagged-out puppet, voiced by the legendary Chris Rock, ...

While Hardaway became an All-NBA player, his level of popularity reached new heights thanks to Lil Penny. Nike created a miniature Hardaway puppet who was the opposite of his namesake - brash ...

1 Mar 1999: Anfernee Hardaway #1 of the Orlando Magic looking on during the game against the Atlanta Hawks at the Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida. The Magic defeated the Hawks 70-67. Mandatory ...

He shared the story because Hardaway was on the program as well. “Me and Penny had one fight, and I’m going to tell you what happened,” Shaq said. “I was coming out with a new shoe Super ...